Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Marvellous Medvedev triumphs over Thiem in London’s finale
It has been talked of for years already, the question of when a new generation will break up the 15-year dominance of Roger Federer, now…
Marianne Bevis Archives: 11/2020
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Thiem beats Djokovic in three-set thriller to reach final with 300th win
This last playing of the ATP Finals at the iconic O2 has not been how many envisaged. There should have been noise, and crowds, and…
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Djokovic beats Zverev to reach tournament semi-finals for ninth time
Five-time champion Novak Djokovic had one big hurdle to overcome on a damp Friday afternoon at London’s O2. He arrived at the season’s finale knowing…
ATP Finals 2020: Rublev leaves London ‘very happy’ after impressive Thiem win
There have been years at the ATP Finals when no-one could make out who would, or who could not, advance from the round-robin matches to…
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Former champ Zverev regains winning ways over Schwartzman
The 2018 champion and current world No7, Alexander Zverev, put it bluntly after his disappointing opening match at this year’s Nitto ATP Finals. “I need…
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Dominic Thiem tops Nadal in classic: ‘It’s a match I will remember for a long time’
By the second round-robin matches, the semi-final scenarios were already shaking down towards the sharp end of this last week of the 2020 season. And…
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Flawless Djokovic off to flying start with Schwartzman win
Time, then, for Mr No1 himself, Novak Djokovic, to begin what could be another ground-breaking tournament. The six-time end-of-year No1 and five-time champion at the…
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Dominic Thiem avenges 2019 loss to take opening win against Tsitsipas
And so it was time for the first of the last to get underway in the magnificent O2 arena in London. The Nitto ATP Finals…
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Novak Djokovic pursues double glory in London’s final finale
Novak Djokovic has the calm and composed bearing of a man entirely confident in his skin, entirely confident in his environment, and supremely confident in…
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Rafael Nadal aims to fill gap in resume in London’s last hurrah
This time a year ago, in front of a packed O2 arena, Rafael Nadal lifted the year-end No1 trophy for the fifth time. And with…
Nitto ATP Finals 2020: Djokovic and Nadal seek special title in London’s minor-key swansong
It was not meant to end like this. Fifty years after the inauguration of one of the most prestigious tournaments in men’s tennis, and 12…
Paris Masters 2020: Medvedev rises to Zverev challenge; wins third Masters title
It all came down to two of the best young players to have steadily broken the old order in recent years. World No5 Daniil Medvedev,…
Paris Masters 2020: Zverev dashes Nadal’s title hopes; sets Medvedev final
Down to the last four, and one of the key questions of the week at the Rolex Paris Masters had been answered—and by the actions…
Paris Masters 2020: Medvedev beats Schwartzman to put London hopes on hold
The Race for London could reach its conclusion on quarter-final day at the Rolex Paris Masters. The 28-year-old Argentine, Diego Schwartzman, could seal his debut…
Millennium Man Rafael Nadal marks 1,000 match-wins – but that is just the tip of the iceberg
It is probably fair to say that the Rolex Paris Masters has not been the happiest hunting ground for world No2 Rafael Nadal. It is,…
Paris Masters 2020: Schwartzman in pole position as fellow London contenders fall away
Fewer and fewer of those hoping to make the cut for the last ATP Finals in London had their fate in their own hands. Such…
Paris Masters 2020: Stan Wawrinka beats Dan Evans to keep London hopes alive
The Rolex Paris Masters this year has one claim to fame in this disjointed, back-to-front, truncated tennis season. The last Masters in the calendar, one…
Erste Bank Open: Remarkable Rublev wins in Vienna – his third straight 500
What a year it has been for the intense young Russian Andrey Rublev? What an October it has been for the charismatic Italian Lorenzo Sonego?…
Erste Bank Open: Rublev and Sonego continue hot form to set Viennese final
The most significant statistic delivered by this year’s Vienna 500 tournament was not the record-making line-up: seven of the top 12 players, five of the…